netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: remove useless check in napi_gro

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Date:	Thu, 19 Nov 2015 13:43:45 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Aaron Conole <aconole@...hat.com>
Cc:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: remove useless check in napi_gro_frags()

On Thu, 2015-11-19 at 16:06 -0500, Aaron Conole wrote:

> >
> 
> Would the following be an appropriate change in addition to the one
> you've posted, then? If so I can repost as a formal patch, if you'd
> like. At present, there's only one user of napi_frags_skb(), and your
> patch removes the NULL check. If this can really only be the result of
> buggy driver, then perhaps we should just call out the bug?

Lets mark my patch as "premature" optimization, and revisit whole thing
after audit of the 10 drivers using this interface ;)

Thanks.


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